diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/video/decoder/web.rs b/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/video/decoder/web.rs
index c25bd788a4fe..6eeacc9de8b5 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/video/decoder/web.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_renderer/src/renderer/video/decoder/web.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ fn copy_video_frame_to_texture(
         depth_or_array_layers: 1,
     };
     let source = {
-        // TODO(jan): Remove this unsafe code when https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/6170 ships.
+        // TODO(jan): The wgpu version we're using doesn't support `VideoFrame` yet.
+        // This got fixed in https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/6170 but hasn't shipped yet.
+        // So instead, we just pretend this is a `HtmlVideoElement` instead.
         // SAFETY: Depends on the fact that `wgpu` passes the object through as-is,
         // and doesn't actually inspect it in any way. The browser then does its own
         // typecheck that doesn't care what kind of image source wgpu gave it.
@@ -325,6 +327,19 @@ fn copy_video_frame_to_texture(
                 frame.clone().expect("Failed to clone the video frame"),
             )
         };
+        // Fake width & height to work around wgpu validating this as if it was a `HtmlVideoElement`.
+        // Since it thinks this is a `HtmlVideoElement`, it will want to call `videoWidth` and `videoHeight`
+        // on it to validate the size.
+        // We simply redirect `displayWidth`/`displayHeight` to `videoWidth`/`videoHeight` to make it work!
+        let display_width = js_sys::Reflect::get(&frame, &"displayWidth".into())
+            .expect("Failed to get displayWidth property from VideoFrame.");
+        js_sys::Reflect::set(&frame, &"videoWidth".into(), &display_width)
+            .expect("Failed to set videoWidth property.");
+        let display_height = js_sys::Reflect::get(&frame, &"displayHeight".into())
+            .expect("Failed to get displayHeight property from VideoFrame.");
+        js_sys::Reflect::set(&frame, &"videoHeight".into(), &display_height)
+            .expect("Failed to set videoHeight property.");
+
         wgpu_types::ImageCopyExternalImage {
             source: wgpu_types::ExternalImageSource::HTMLVideoElement(frame),
             origin: wgpu_types::Origin2d { x: 0, y: 0 },